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Don’t Let an Old/Slow Computers reduce your Employee's Performance

Every second counts, It can make the difference between closing the deal or not. If your computers are more than 5 years old they definitely need an upgrade. You should keep your IT infrastructure Updated with the new technology. We at Rational Systems Pvt. Ltd. offer complete services and solution to upgrade / optimize your IT Infrastructure.

Upgrade your ProcessorYou may need to replace your Processor + Motherboard + Latest Memory, you can install latest new processors from i3, i5 or i7 Latest Generations, in some PCs up-gradation is not possible due to its proprietary cabinet design or the PC is too old and not worth spending on it. In such case Its better to get a new PC if your budget allows.

Upgrade your Wireless Equipment to improve speeds for laptops and other wireless devices.You need to upgrade your Wireless Access Points to Dual Band Wireless AP to attain high performance for your Wireless Networks. Lot of managed wireless solutions are available these days for large house, Hotels, Corporate, Educational Campus, Hospitals, etc.

Upgrade your Printers You need to get faster and Business printers if your printing dutycycle is more. Some users are using printers which are designed for personal use and cannot handle higher dutycycle in office scenario.

Add Additional Monitor with your existing PC / LaptopUse additional Extended Monitor with your Desktop or Laptop it increases productivity by 30%. Especially when your are working on projects, tenders, website designing, coding, etc. You can use second display for preview of your work done on main pc.

Use Thin Clients A thin client is a lightweight computer that has been optimized for establishing a remote connection with a server-based computing environment.

You may have started feeling by now that your Laptop or Desktop is getting slower in performance or its older than 3~4 years and you need to change it. But you had invested a lot in your equipment and don't want it to sell it as scrap.

You now have an option to upgrade your old HDD to SSD and get blazing high speed performance from your old computer. SSD are now available in size of 250 GB, 500 GB up to 4TB.

What is a SSD?

A Solid State Drive (SSD) is a High Performance data storage device that uses flash memory chips as in USB drives, smartphones, and memory cards. There are no moving parts present on the SSD and keeps the data safe.

Hard Disk

SSD (Solid State Disk)

Advantages of SSD

Durability: Since the SSD does not have any moving parts, it keeps the data safe in an event of lany physical abuse or dropping the device. Unlike a mechanical HDD, which in event of shock, can causes repairable damage, a SSD has the ability to withstand and handle physical abuse better (like dropping the laptop bag). Due to absence of the moving parts it also means that there is less occurrence of wear and tear in a SSD. Further, there is no mechanical failure in SSD meaning higher reliability. The SSD is lighter than a HDD and is resistant to shock and temperature changes.​

Less Power Consumption: A solid state drive consumes very less power when compared to a regular HDD. This is primarily because a SSD does not have any moving parts; as it does not have a motor. This is useful in storage computers and laptops where the power requirement is minimal. High-performance flash-based SSD requires almost to one third of HDD power.

High Performance Reading / Writing Speed: Solid state drives have faster reading / writing speed. With a SSD, data reading and writing to flash memory chips occur instantly in a SSD, allowing the SSDs to have better reading and writing speeds.

Permanent Deletion of Data: This feature is highly useful for people and situations where data security is highly cardinal. When data is overwritten or deleted on a HDD, there is a chance of recovery. As data is not completely erased from regular HDD, there exists a chance for some old data to remain. On a SSD, data is deleted permanently leaving no minute traces of the old data.

Less Noise: SSD produces less noise because it uses computer chips and not moving parts. Since it is non-mechanical, there is no noise.

Less Heat: Because solid state drives lack motors, they generate less heat unlike HDDs.

Disadvantages of SSD

SSD had many advantages, there are certain disadvantages too.​

Price: The main disadvantage of a solid state drive is the cost. SSD costs more than a conventional hard disk drive. But the prices are coming down as users have started adapting this new technology with SSD.

Recovery of Lost Data: The inability to recover old data is one of the biggest disadvantages of a SSD. Data is permanently and completely deleted from the drives. But it is an advantage in terms of data security, still, permanent data deletion could lead to irreparable consequences in certain events where there is no back-up for deleted data.

Life Expectancy: Some of the solid state drives especially those using NAND memory-flash chips can be written only for a limited number of time. Whereas, solid state dives using DRAM technology do not come with such a limitation, ad it costs more.

Write/Erase Cycle: The SSD write/erase cycle is limited. A HDD can stand upto 1 to 5 million write cycles, whereas, a SSD averages 100,000 cycles, meaning decrease in the SSD performance over time. This limitation in write cycles causes more trouble. Whereas, on conventional hard disk drives data can be deleted and rewritten for unlimited number of times.

The general methodology for website design is essentially based on the following points: The editorial, the graphic charter, the development, the hosting, the referencing, the security ... All these subjects will have to be approached, at one time or another, in an order, at a time and, on pre-established conditions.

Here are the main steps in creating a website in a logical sequence and appropriate advice.

Why do I have to create a website?

This is the essential preliminary question to ask. From the answer to this question will flow all the other questions and answers.Even before starting the work of design and creation, logic orders to make an inventory of the practice of Internet users when they search for your products or your skills on the Internet.Your website is a tool. It cannot be an end in itself. In other words, it must allow you as a tool to perform one or more actions, to achieve one or more objectives. What actions? Which objectives? Multiple answers are available to you. This is why we must take stock of the practice of Internet users likely to search for you.

We must measure the level of demand (in search engines) on this or that concept, measure the level of competition on the web (the number of sites dealing with these same notions) will allow you to refine your strategy and position judiciously your communication. Following this analysis work, it will be possible to define the most suitable sections, to refine the editorial line according to this request, to optimize the site on the most relevant concepts when the time comes to improve the SEO.

Define the definitive sections of the site and work the editorial

Following the previous analysis, the tree structure of the site (the items present) is specified according to the most requested themes and the most successful in terms of SEO. It is then possible to start the editorial work.

Your website must be a production tool in itself, talking about e-commerce web Development Company, publication of ads, online transactions, ducatalogue, and your website can be a dynamic element, even the central element of your activity. He must then provide a number of services, integrate different technical and commercial features...

But it is important to specify them even before designing the tool to build, insofar as they decide the nature of the website:

its content and its editorial line

features, SEO

the media to use (PDF, photos, videos, sounds, etc ...)

visual choices

the SEO strategy

and even the technical environments that will need to be used to build the best solution!

As part of the content writing work, heading by topic, we will take care: to inform the user, to raise objections, to seduce him if possible, without saturating his concentration...

We will also be pleased with the engines research, particularly fond of original content. In short a good compromise communication / optimization for the SEO must be clear: enough to say to inform and please the search engines (always hungry for rich content) but do not discourage the user and keep his curiosity alert ... Do not lose as the information on your site remains its raison d'être regardless of your goals.This means that we will have to be effective, original, inventive and useful here!

It is then time to work on graphics and more broadly the visual identity of your site. The hard core of your identity being the logo, the latter is currently the first stage of study.

Different models are then developed. They are discussed and adjusted until the validation of a final version, which will then be used for the company's multi-media communication (web, paper communication, various media ...). The work on the graphic charter then begins. The charter is a natural extrapolation of the newly created logo.

It takes again logically its colors, its graphic style, its typography, in short its spirit. We propose to work on a model of your home page.

It provides a faithful overview of your future website.

It is a basis for reflection and possible discussion between you and your provider until its final validation. We then hold the graphic charter of the site.

Develop the functionalities present on the different headings

Together with the work around the visual and editorial it will be possible to work on the features on the website: forms, internal search engine, online payment module, portfolio, audience measurement tools, dynamic elements, etc.

This is the job of the developer / integrator, the programmer analyst.

A website as a tool for customer loyalty

These different features are designed to build customer loyalty. This can be done in different ways: regular information dissemination, newsletters campaign, promo codes, etc.

Regular updates of your website can then involve the addition of a back-office (administration panel of your site) that makes it possible to update directly by the owner of the site.

Have adapted photos and educational and sales videos

It will then be necessary to gather the appropriate photographic material illustrating each heading and embellishing the layout of your website: photos taken by you, or by the provider, photos made available by a supplier, or still shots purchased on a bank of photographs online.

A video (or more) will always be welcome. It creates proximity to the user. Because you show your business (or yourself) it builds trust and can raise a number of objections.

A video may consist of a simple interview of the manager or a member of the company presenting the latter or a particular service. Note that the video still has this interest: serve SEO your site if it is operated wisely.

Web Integration

This is the job that will consist of assembling all the elements mentioned above (editorial, menus, photos, features, video ... etc ...) in the chosen technical environment.

It is in a way the phase of construction of the website, the stage where it really takes shape through this work of integration.

The website as a point of sharing commercial or technical resources

Use your website to transmit efficiently and without charge (by download) all the technical documentation that your customers or partners may need. Less paper, fewer impressions, less work, less shipping costs, less mess...

Your website combines convenience for the user with savings of time and money for your business.

Website optimization for SEO

It is the job of optimizing the texts and the source code of the site so as to make it "Google friendly", that is to say, easy to detect by search engines, Google in mind.

This is a necessary (but not sufficient) condition to make the site responsive to the key keywords you want to appear on the result pages (SERP).SEO "in page" covers both the editorial matter (the texts on the site) and the source code of the site.

Prospecting tool for your businessIn this case, it is important that the site allows you to meet your natural target, individuals or professionals.

The approach is openly commercial. Charge the company's website to recruit new contacts or customers, and then contribute to the development of your turnover. The SEO problem (natural referencing) will then be predominant.

Referencing "Off page"

Second essential step for natural referencing: develop the reputation of your website on the internet.

This is an essential point and yet largely underestimated by the project promoters, even totally ignored.

Google, however, will consider what is said about you on the web and meticulously measure your notoriety. From this analysis will largely depend your positioning on the key and strategic keywords for you.

Your website as a tool of singularization, differentiation from the competition

Your site is in this perspective a medium to enhance the image of your company. It allows you to develop an original sales pitch, to present an advantageous commercial offer, and more broadly to distinguish yourself to convince you that you are the interlocutor, the partner, the provider best placed among those eligible.

Your website as a contact or quote request facilitator

Your website allows your customers to access in a flash all the practical information and all the tools favoring the linking of supply and demand: contact form directly implemented on the site, practical information including your contact details, implants, request for quotation form, subscription to a newsletter, etc.

Conclusion​Remember that a website is a coherent combination of different essential ingredients: editorial, features, photos, graphics, hosting, SEO, etc.

All of these aspects need to be thoroughly analyzed as a result of which the right choices have to be made. This phase of study is essential because it makes it possible to ask all the essential questions and to highlight the most effective strategic and technical scenario in the work of any prestigious web development company. We just have to click and discover your new web page.